Formal launch: Sharif to inaugurate flyover on 10th

RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif will address a public meeting at Arid Agriculture University and inaugurate the Sixth Road Flyover on January 10. The newly-constructed flyover was opened for vehicular traffic on January 5 due to public pressure, but it had not been formally inaugurated. Earlier, the completion date of the project was set for January 23, but difficulties being faced by the public forced the authorities to direct the contractor to accelerate the pace of work and day-and-night construction work led to the completion of the project ahead of schedule. The 248 metre bridge with a 202 metre ramp has been constructed at a cost of 1.042 billion. “The lighting system, greenbelts beneath the bridge, patchwork and the construction of service roads along the bridge will take some time,” Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Imdadullah Bosal said.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 10^th, 2013.